Headlight



July 22,-1930. T, J;KEENAN 1,771,300

" HEADLIGHT Filed July 1o, 1929 Alim" INVNTQR ATTORNE" Patented July 22, 1930 aras fusionner. Kennen, or sTnUBENvrLLE, orrro rinnnnreirr y Application filed July 10, 1929. Serial No. 377,240.y

My present invention has reference to front and rear lamps for automobiles o r like motor propelledvehicles. An object is tosupport front and rear lamps upon the ends of the side frames ot' an automobile or like vehicle, so that the lamps will be arranged closer to the ground surface than is ordinary and Jiurther wherein the lamps have their base portions shaped to represent shock absorbers which will add to the ornamentality of the vehicle. A still further and important object is the provision in front and rear lamps for an au tomobile or like vehicle, of supports for saidlamps, which shall comprise elements that have their rear'portions formed with lugs that are bolted or otherwise rigidly secured to the ends of the side members of the automobile frame and which have their base portions ormed with depending eyes or ears that receive 'therethrough the shackle bolts for the outer' ends of the front and rear springs of the vehicle, the said elements being cupshaped for the reception of the tubular base of lamp housings, and each pair of elements being connected by a cross rod which not only braces the said elements but serve directly as bumpers for the front and rear of the vehicle, or which rods m have connected thereto bumpers of the ordinary construction.

To the attainment of the foregoing the invention consists in the improvement herenafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings: i Figure 1 is a side elevation of an automobile equipped with the improvement.

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof. A motor driven` vehicle such as an ordivnary `automobile is indicated by the numeral l, the side members of the body supporting 40 trame by the numeral 2, and the inner shackles for the trontand rear springs 3 and 4 by the numerals 5 5.

The frame members 2 have their ends eX-v tending a suitable distance beyond the front and rear of the body of the machine and likewise beyond the steering and drive wheels in the usual manner.

The springs 8 and l do not have their outer ends directly connected to the side members 2 of the frame as is usual but in the presentinstance the ends -ot the frame members 2 have bolted, riveted or otherwise securely iXed on the sides thereofrspaced pairs of lugs 6. rlhese lugs are integrally formed on the rear of cup-like elements 7, and thesaid elements f 7 have their closed bottoms provided with spaced ears 8 between which the outer endsV ot the springs 3 and t are received and to which the said ends ot' the springs are connected by shackle bolts 9. The pairs of elements 7 arranged at the front and rear ot the machine are connected by cross brace rods 10, and these rods aford bumpers for both the front and rear of the vehicle.

rlhereis received in and liXed to each of the cup-shaped members 7 the tubularbase portions 9, respectively for the front lamp housings 1l and for the rear lamp housings 1Q. The tubular base portions 9 are shaped to resemble hydraulic shockabsorbers and add to the appearance of the vehicle l. The rays of light from the lamp housings will be directed closer to the ground than is true with the ordinary head and rear lamps for this type of vehicles. The device, as stated,

adds to the artistic appearance ot the vehicle. The connecting rods 10 forl the elements 7 serve as bumpers or may have regular bumpers attached thereto. The connection between the elements 7 and the ends ot the springs is strong and rigid and the ears 8 depending from the said elements 7 permit ot the front portions of the springs being disposed closer to the ground and tend to lengthen the Vlives of the said springs without interfering with the resiliency thereof.

Having described the invention, I claim:

l. Front and rear lamps tor automobiles1 comprising elements iixedly secured to the ends of theside members of the body supporting frame, said elements having depending ears between which the outer ends of the springs of the vehicle are shackeled, and said means providing supports for the base of lamp housings, rods connecting the pairs ot' e5 elements at the front and rear of the machine and Vaffording bumpers. v

2. Front and rear lampsfor an automobile comprisingV cup-like elementsV having rearwardly extending pairs of lugs to reico ceive therein and 'to be securely ixed to the. ends of the side members of a body supporting frame of the automobile, said cuplike members having depending pairsl of ears to receive therebetween the outer ends of the springs of the automobile and to which ears Jche said ends of the springs are bolted, a rod `Connected tothe frontV and rear pairs of elements, a tubular base yreceived and fiXedly secured in each of said elements and a lamp house on vthe outer end of each Ybase.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

THOMAS J. KEENAN. 

